topic Re: Wrong Column Totals (Matrix) in DAX Commands and Tips

Wrong Column Totals (Matrix)

marcofalzone — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 22:11:09 GMT

I wrote a DAX measure that convert a YTD balance to a common currency (EUR). The measure works well when a single company is selected (1 currency) but generates a wrong Total column when I try to select 2 or more companies (currencies).

Act_Eur_Ytd = VAR NUMERATOR = [Act_Lc_Ytd] VAR DENUMERATOR = CALCULATE(AVERAGE('Facts'[Avg_Ytd_Fx_Rate]), ENDOFMONTH('Calendar_Table'[Date].[Date])) RETURN ROUND(DIVIDE(NUMERATOR,DENUMERATOR),2)

Example:

The expected output of the matrix is:

The current behavior of measure Act_Eur_Ytd is:

When Company 1 alone is selected, Numerator properly sums EUR amounts and divides them by 1

When Company 2 alone is selected, Numerator properly sums CNY amounts and divides them by 0.1

When both companies are selected, Numerator sums EUR + CNY (wrong) and divides by an average (wrong).

The exchange rate is linked to calendar, in order to convert at the latest average rate of the selected Month/Year.

In order to give a better context, I attach the real life example, with source data.

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Example (pbix) and Source Data (xlsx)

I appreciate the help of the community to properly correct the syntax of my DAX measure.

Thank you.

Marco

Re: Wrong Column Totals (Matrix)

v-yueyunzh-msft — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 01:33:27 GMT

Hi , marcofalzone

Thanks for your provided sample .pbix file .

According to your description, the total is wrong because it not get the summation of the columns.

You can try to use this measure :

Act_Eur_Ytd Test = var _t =ADDCOLUMNS( CROSSJOIN(VALUES('Company'[CompanyString]), VALUES('PL_Mapping'[PLRowDescr])) , "Act_Eur_Ytd" , [Act_Eur_Ytd]) return SUMX(_t ,[Act_Eur_Ytd])

Then we can get the right total:

Thank you for your time and sharing, and thank you for your support and understanding of PowerBI!

Best Regards,

Aniya Zhang

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Re: Wrong Column Totals (Matrix)

marcofalzone — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 02:55:12 GMT

Dear Aniya, I'm really impressed by the quality and elegance of your solution. My congratulations for your skills! That's just what I was looking for.

I do appreciate the help that this community gives to whoever wants to learn and deep dive into SQL, DAX, and Business Intelligence challenges in general.

Thank you very much for your extremely VALUABLE support!
Marco - Mexico